The times dispatch. [volume], April 13, 1912, Image 1

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CHARGE IS PROVED
BY GOVERNMENT
Federal Jury Returns
Verdict Against Broad
Rock Distillery.
MAY CONFISCATE
ENTIRE PLANT
Argument on Motion to Set
Aside Verdict Will Be Heard
Next Week?Appeal Cer?
tain if Request by De?
fense Is Denied?Try
Owners Nc?:t.
Twenty minute* <>r deliberation
* lftlced yesterday (or th. Jury In the
case of tin- United Stute? against the
?ro?d Kock Distilling Coniptiny. to
return a verdict for the government
Argument by counsel foi the proucc?r
tlon and defense began shortly att?-r
r<iiirt convened ?it 10:30 o'i lock, con?
tinuing with a abort intermission for
iniiriirM.il until S:30 o'clock. Twenty
minutes laier l!o- foreman reported
ilie finding ih<; Jiity against 11? ?.
Indicted company.
-!i this action lite United States
was proceeding in rein against the
Jtr'oad Kock Distilling Company, In?
corporated; of Chesterfield county, on
the charge that It carried on Illegally
the business of distillers, that It vio?
lated the Internal revenue laws by
evading the tax on part of lite spirits
li manufactured, and Ihnt It gave a
fraudulent bond. The verdict of tlx*
Jury gives the govcrmneilt the l*lght|
to confiscate the entire property of
tiie company, \ai:?'i at several thou
hand dollar.". Aside from this
feature of the case the outcome will
hive an Important bearing upon the
prosecution of the owners and em?
ployes of the distillery, which will
1 "gin to-day or Monday.
Minn t.i >rt Aside Verdict.
Immediately niion the announcement
*if thu verdict. Attorncg George A.
Hanson, for the defense, moved that
It be ect aside. in iri.king the mo?
tion he assigned numerous Instances
<.r error, which will bo r.rgucd before
Judge Waridlll ncXI W*ek. Unless the
Verdict of the Jury 1? set aside?Which
.s<-ems extremely unlikely ? the case
will be taken by the defense to Hie
Circuit Courl of App< als. >
.\v chief ground for his motion toi
s 1 t aiide. Attorney llniw.n contended
thai the court was without Jurisdic?
tion lo entertain tho proceedings In
the present form, because, although
the collector Is not empowered to ?eise
real estate, tho action was founded
upon .??ich seizure, Under the statute,
In conformity with which the. can- was
brought, he declared further, convic?
tion must first be had upon present?
ment and Indictment, and proceedings
In rem can only he had i's supplemen?
tal to proceedings to previous convic?
tion.
The verdict was contrary to law and
evidence, he averred, In that the court
proceeded on the assumption that this I
was a civil case and Instructed that a
verdict may be had on the prepond?
erance of testimony, when Instructions
should have been given, as in criminal
cases, that tho jury must be satisfied
bejond all reasonable dcttbt.
Victory for UuVerniDrul,
Till conviction of the Indicted dis?
tillery WM the subject of much com
ment in revenue circles and was look?
ed \ipon generally as a vindication of
the llevcnuo Department, which, in
both tho action just ended and In the
trial of Orcn T. Burroughs, was scath?
ingly arraigned as to Mm methods, by
attorneys for the defense. The .-a>-.
against the indicted government sture-1
keeper-gaugcr rested upon evidence |
almost identical with thRt Which Hg'r
tirtd In the action against the distill?
ing company, but the burroughs jury
could not arrive at a unanimous agree?
ment, and a mistrial was ordered.
The testimony recorded In th? In rc-m
proceedings Just closed will be heard
anew hext ?eck in the triii of the
owner* of the Broad lioek Distilling
Company, against whom tttrvo Indict
inentg'have been tiled charging fraud?
ulent concealment of uninx-pntd whis?
key, illegal operation >?'. rectifying and
distilling plant.?, and bribery.
minore the Scapegoat.
As in the Burrounhs csse last week.
Kthelbert Blinora and Iiis little pur?
ple-covered notebook foi med the storm
centre of yesterday's argument. The
prosecution relied chlMly upon tho
former bookkeeper of the distillery
and his Incriminating records to prove
Its case, und the defense hen: *is every
eifort to blacken his character and to
Impugn his testimony.
Assistant District Attorney Jfohert
31. Talle}-, opening for the govern?
ment, called attention to tr.u signifi?
cant agreement between the statement
of the. bank in which the checks Kl
Bioro rec^lvod from rthea woro de?
posited, and the record of these pay.
ments in the notebook. The amounts,
except in two instances, ho said, were
identical lo a cent. This w;ts omclnl
and unquestioned corroborn lion, he
thought, of 101 mo re's evidence as
shown In the notebook, and one of
the strongest indic-Afiin.? ol guilt.
Tho lawyer introduced figures lo
show that If It he trUa that the dis
tillery was legally operated, it must
pave been lo.-iug money at the rate,
of more than 1500 per month. At tha
regulation profit of C". cents on the
gallon, that much money, he. said, rep?
resented the difference between tile
total profit from sales and the regular
monthly expense, taking as a basis of
enlculatlon tho reports turned In by
? he company lo 111" revenue depart?
ment.
Says ?0,000 IVnN Stolen.
With such a stale of affairs, assort?
ed Mr. Talley. there existed abundant
Incentive for fraud. A way was found
to make the plant pay n profit, he
said, an<l this was done by bribing a
government officer to connive against
the government which gave hint em?
ployment. More than ?i;,000, he as?
sorted, was stolen by the defendant
company in the two months of No?
vember and December, mil.
Attorney Hanson, presenting the case
for tho defense, kept up a running fire
upon government witness ICImoro. the
character of his testimony, and- Us
slgnlllcnnee. lie denounced tho reve?
nue department roundly for the ques?
tionable methods it employed In secur?
ing Rlmore'S testimony.
"Three parties," he said, "are virtual?
ly under Indictment. The United
fitstes government for giving employ
'Continued on Seventh Page.) .
Treats American Consul
Merely as Private
Foreigner.
LEADER OF REBELS
IS REVENGEFUL
Angry Because He Is Not Rec?
ognized in Official Capacity,
He Seeks to "Get Even."
Consul's Mail Held Up
and Requests
Ignored.
I Chihuahua. Mcx.j April 12.?United
State? Consul Marion [^etcher, Stationed
' hero. Is not the American consul, as far
? as Central Paseuai Orozco, r.oinmajtd
cr-ln-chlcf of the rebel army, ts coh
I ccrnod. General urnzco made this
Statement to-day. declaring th'it as the
United State? government doss not rec?
ognize the belligerency of the liberals.
, the liberals cannot recognise Uetcher as
! consul, Orozco adds that he docs not
i Ilk : tii? tone of certain communications
from Mr. L?etche/r.
"Mr. Leteln r Is merely an American
I citizen and entitled t'> the consideration
I we Kraut any foreigner," said Oencral
Orozco.
Mr. Letcher was not perturbed visibly
'when Informed of his official ostracism,
ami will treat the general merely as a
Mexican citizen. The official ostracism
Includes also .lames I. I/jiik. the United
States consular agent at Parral.
A sjrlea of incidents has led to this
?-Umax. Since the revolution begun
tho consul from time to lime has been
compelled; In the absence ?f other au?
thority from Chihuahua, to take lip
various matters with Orozcb. The lat?
ter fritted under the fact that the: con?
sul did not address him as a regular
constltnti el authority.
Less than a week ago a rebel hand
went through a Mexican Central train
bound from Chihuahua to Juarez and
seized letters and documents carried
I by passengers, among them being con?
siderable matter addressed by the con
su] to the St.ite Department at Wash':
! Ington. Mr. Ix-tcher protested to Oroz
I co against this act. There were seVr
?iral exchanges; and finally the liberal
loader Informed the consul that the
I letters had been seized because either
they wer.- stamped with American
stamps or hot stamped at all.
Insult (o Itebela.
Orozco declared that the fact that
the litters were not intrusted to the
malls as conducted by the rebels was
an Insult tu them, not iu mention
the fact that by using messengers in?
stead of the mojls the rebel govern?
ment ih deprived of It gitiuuii: revenue.
In conclusion; the consul was In?
formed that ills letters were in the
post-ofnee, and that they were at his
disposal as SO?n ?>? he saw lit to alllx
official Mexican postage stamps.
Another thing which Increased ths
tension between Orozco and Messrs.
Lctcher and Long was the execution
Of Thomas Fountain, an American fol
dler fighting under the leadership of
Centra! Pitucho Villa at Parral.
Fountain was not a spy, but a sol?
dier, and was. captured In uniform and
under amis. Notwithstanding this, he
was condemned and shot. American
i !tizen>. attempted to Intercede, and
as a last resort Consul [.etcher and
Consular Agent I.^ng delivered a rc
I quest, said to have b-aen signed by
President Taft, for a stay of execu
j tlon until a snore thorough Investiga?
tion could l>e made.
I This plea was rejected almost in?
stantly, to the great Indignation of
I American residents In Parral. Their
j protests against an act which thev
declare Was against the rules of all
clylllzed warfare re-tcho,) the ears of
the rebel leader, but served only to
stiffen his attitude. IPs letter to Mr.
I l.eich'r to-day plainly Indicate,] hjs
resentment against what he considers
undue Interference by Americans, In
'"ir th? consuls. In affairs of the
rebellion,
WILSON ATTACKED
I Charged Mlih Heine Tleil to "Food
Donrr*'' an<fl,aiid Honmcrs.
! Washington. April 12.?The admin?
istration of Secretary Wilson, of the
? Department of Agriculture, was se?
verely criticized in the House or Rep?
r?sentatives to-night in a spoeeh bv
Representative Bathrlck, Democrat, of
Ohio. Mr. 11.ithrick asserted that Mr.
; Wlsoh'a management of the depart?
ment ??'ins been a scandal and a dii.
' grace."
I Mr. Bathrlck'* attack included the,
c'-.arge that Mr. Wilson had hceji t|..,i
I to th? "food elopers." He also said
I that tlit- secretary had aided and
labelled land boomers in thj explolta
; tl<>n of the Florida everglades.
I "Like the pest of Sllibad," said Mr
I Itathrlck. "this old man sits astride
Ith.? shoulders of the people's rights.
weighing down justice, obstructing
I the operation of laws Intended to pro
| teet the people, and, uncertain In his
?course or management of the expendi?
ture of over $1 6,000,000 annually of
I tlie people's money, he shifts 'from
on: decision (o another at heck and
call of the big Interests of this coun
itry."
; Mr. Pathrlck defended C. G. Klliott
I and A. I>. Moorehouse, whom Secre
j tary Wilson recently dismissed from
I the service. The men were Involved
, In -tU- everglades controversy, ami
; were recently Indicted for technical
I Violations of law. Mr. Bathrlck said
I this prosecution was "contemptible."
j The debate In the House to-night
wa sapropos of Mis rvist-oflice appro
jprlaiion hill. Representative Wlther
I spoon of Mississippi followed Mr.
j Pathrlck. Mr. Wltherspoon'S speech
'.was In favor of a parcels post but he
I Opposed the plan for It proposed In
I the pending bill.
SENATOR BAILEY ILL
' Texan I? Thrcntcned With Walking
Typhoid Fever.
Washington. April 12.?Senator
Bailey Is 111 und threatened with walk?
ing typhoid fover. To-day ho sent
word to his coIleagueH that his con?
dition wns so much worse as to pre?
vent his participation -In the Senate's
consideration of tariff measures, and
asked that they proceed without him.
The Democratic minority, In courtesy
lo Mr. Halley, the ranking Democrnt
on tho Finance Committee, has been
deferring Its action.
Tho Democratic members of the
cnmmltteo have agreed to meet to?
morrow and frame- a report urging the
passage- of the House Democratic tariff
revision bill on stool.
Ohio Governor Carries
War Into His Ene- j
my's Country.
SPIRITED REPLY
j TO HIS CRITICS;
Takes Occasion to Deny "False?
hoods" Circulated About Him,
j and Pays Respects to Taft as
I Merc "Place-Holder"?Pri?
mary Fight in Pennsyl?
vania To-Day.
Omaha, Net- -^Prtl t2.-;Oovcrnor
.ludson Harmon, of Ohio, ended two
busy days in Omaha wlHi aii address to
one of' the largest political mass
meetings ever held her-. During the
day he mad- two addresses, one at th?
Stock Kxchnnge In Ebuth Omaha and
the other boforo the commercial Club,
where he was a luncheon guest. The,
afternoon was spent getting acquaint - ?
ed with several hundred Democrats
who came from nearly every part or
' the gta'te to see and hear the Cover
1 nor. The meeting at the Commercial .
Club was well attenued by business,
I and professional men.
The meeting to-night was enthusias?
tic, and the big auditorium was with?
out a vacant scat, many standing In
the rear. The Governor received a .
I warm welcome'.
I Governor Harmon delivered a spir?
ited address In reply to criticisms of
his public record and tue assertion j
I that ho was n ??reactionary." He re-]
I sen ted as a slander the Intimation
I that he stood for or permitted special |
I privileges?"an offense little short of |
Itreason In the eyes of the Democrats"
? and declared the charge that he took
part In the sale of government bonds
I while a Cabinet dfllccr was mere want.
I onncss.
Governor Harmon s visit to Omaha j
I followed an announcement that Wll
I Ham .1. Bryan would speak in Ohio In'
Opposition to Governor Harmon. Mr.
J Harmon did not mention the name of
I the Nebraskan, but said:
! ?The good people ?,f Ohio will bear!
j me out when I say. as I do. that not
In a generation have llielr affairs been
so honestly, fairly, economically and
capably managed as they have been by
the present Democratic administration,
lit has been because Jcffcrspnlaii piln
e-lples were practiced, and not merely
prated about."
In beginning, Governor Harmon said:
"While I am always averse to speak?
ing aho-.il myself, I feel that It is duo
to my friends to speak of some mat?
ters of a public nature about which
falsehoods have been circulated so
wholly unfounded that persistence In i
theiu cannot bj ascribed to proper mo?
tives. It would not be necessary to do
this at home."
The speaker discussed national ar
falrs. and. referring to the President,
said he never could understand how'
anybody can rest content with being
a mere placeholder while economics!
and practical reforms are suggesting!
themselves all around him, especially In
times when the fast growing cost of
living strains the resources of almost
every home.
PpunnyMania Voten To-Daj",
Philadelphia, Pa.. April 12.?Penn?
sylvania's delegations of seventy-six
members to both the Democratic and
Republican National Conventions de?
pend upen the result of to-morrow's
primary election.
Both the. Democrats and Repub?
licans will voto directly for slxty
fviiir of their national delegates, two
from each congressional district, and |
the remaining twelve will be chosen,
H.l the State convention, the delegates,
to which also will be chosen to-mor?
row.
I Support ersl e>f Roosevelt are the
only delegates In the party to take
advantage of the uniform primary
law which permits delegates to have
, the noinc of their choice of the
I nominee printed on the* ballot. A 1
complete set of national delegates
and alternat es. and practically n full I
delegation of State delegates, have
I declared their Intention of support-!
Ing the former President, and will
I have his name printed opposite theirs I
I on the eiffli-lal ballots, j
The slated candidates of the regu-|
liar Republican organization through-(
out the State havo declared In favor
of the re-election of President Taft,!
but they will not be bound by any
instructions from the voters, as Tnft's
name will not appear upon tho bal?
lots.
Both wings, of ihe Domocratlo
organization in this State have de
. dared in favor of the nomination of
j Woodrow Wilson for President. Dele?
gates pledged to support Congress
; man Clark will a^so appear on the
? ballots in many congressional dis?
tricts and in individual instances ran-i
dldate.i have declared In favor eif
Harmon atiel others.
Tho situation is complicated by tho
fact that many candidates, slated
and otherwise, for State legislative,
and congressional honors, are en?
deavoring to win the nomlna t Itins of
one, br more parties. Members of the
various ward and county committees
of the several parties will also he
chosen at tho primary which opens at
2 P. M. and closes at S.
Tnlks Peilltleos AnyhoTr.
Sprlngfiedd Mass., April 12.?Although
he recelveel a broad hint not to talk
politics. Colonel Roosevelt spoke for
an heiur to-night boforo the Commer
I Hal Travelers' Club, and It was all pol
i ltlcs. Aiter paying his respects to the
'. speaker who laid the Injunction upon
jj him. ho made the flat statement'that
he believed his hearers wanted him to
say what he believed.
William O. MoKeohnle, who 'nlro
duced the toastmaster, told Colonel
Roosevelt, that politics was barred.
??Religion and politics play no part
In this organization," he sn.ld. "Any
reference thereto Is expressly prohib?
ited by its constitution.
"I know you wish me to come ?o
Massachusetts to tell you tho rensona
for the. faith that lies In me." said
Colonel Roosevelt.
"Mr. McKechnle has said your aa
(Continued from Seventh Page.)
FUNSTON SLATED j
TO SUCCEED GRANT
Information Comes
From Official of War
Department.
MILITARY HONORS
FOR DEAD GENERAL
Body Will Be Taken to West
Point for Burial?Funeral De?
layed Ten or Twelve Days
Until Daughter of Gen?
eral Arrives From
Russia.
Cheyenne, wyo.. April i-?A privatci
dispatch, said to "nave been sent by an
official of the War l icpartmcnt at
Washington, was received at I'ort D. A.
Russell to-night declaring that Senior
Brigadier-General Frederick Funston
would succeed the lato Major-Gcneral
Frederick !.'. Grant, and thai Brlff
adler-Gcnerai Cjlareiicc !:. Kd wards,
chief of the Insular Bureau, would suc?
ceed Fuitston as brigadier-general of
, the line.
full Mllltnrj Honors.
N. w York. April 12?Major-Gcneral
Frederick C?, Giittlit will he given a
j Hill military funeral in this city and
j will bo burled at West Point, whero
j military services also will he held,
i This was announced laid to-day after
Bilgadlcr-Gonoral Tasl<<:- It. Bliss, now
in command of the Department of the
! Bast, itiid Lieutenant .Marlon Ilowse,
I the dead general's military aide, had
, held a consultation at Die Hotel Buck
j Ingham with Mrs. Grant and Captain
I Ulysses S. Grant, third, who arrived
! to-day from Washington.
! Tho funeral will be delayed for ten
lor twelve dais, it was stated, until the
I arrival hero of General Grant's daug'.i
I ter. Princess Michael Cantacuzen
; Spersnskoy, who Is now in Russia.
; The princess cabled to-day that she
1 would start for this country at once.
To-morrow the body will be re?
moved to Governor's Island, headquarl
tcrs of the Department of the Fast,
1 t.nd Will be placed In the Chapel of
1 Cornelius the Centurion, when. It Will
He In state under a military guard
! until tho day of the funeral. j
! The general's widow was the red pi.
[ ent to-day of hundreds of telegrams
. and other messages of sympathy from
laM parts of the country. The folluu
ing message w? received from Pres
; Ident Taft:
j "Mrs. Taft and 1 extend to you our
? heartfelt sympathy In your great sor
; row. We mourn with you and cherish
; the memory of hint that '.-.as gone and
..f our long friendship for him. lie
rendered great and loyal service lo the
country. (Signed)
"W. II. TAFT."
From Oyster Bay, Long Island, came
this message:
' We are expressly shocked and
, grieved. Vou know- what an affection
we have felt for you both.
(Signedl
"THEODORE AND EDITH nOOSK
VEur."
The Kight. Rev. .tonn Ireland. Arch?
bishop of the. Roman Catholic Diocese
of St. Paul, Minn., also sent a message
of condolence.
Lieutenant Howse said to-night that
n statement had been prepared yester?
day which was to have been j-iven ?"t
to-day. setting forth the factH regard?
ing the illness of General Grant, and
indicating that the patient was Im?
proving in health.
"The apparent mystery connected
with tile illness of General Grant was
due only to the fact," Lieutenant
Howse added, "that It was hoped that
by withholding the address of tho
general from the public ho would be
, protected from the worry Incident to
the receipt of mall, the transaction of
business and similar Intrusions."
NEW TRIAL FOR SIDNA ALLEN
Court *lnyPr Granted Another Ilenr
Ing lu Perjury Cane,
Washington. April 12.?Sidna Allen,
j for whom posses have been scouring
j the bills of Virginia in connection
with tho rliilsvillc court tragedy, has
been granted a new trial bv the Clr
I cuit Court of Appeals of tho Western
j District of North Carolina on tho
1 charge of perjury, of which, he was
convicted at Greensboro several months
ago, according to advices to the secret
servic e here.
The allegations grew out of a
counterfeit case, and Allen was sen?
tenced by the District Court to two
and a half years In the penitem y.
Ho is out on $5.000 bail, and had I e
Circuit Court of Appeals decided
against him he would have become a
fugitive from Justice In trase to?
day. His case probably will be called
during the .lunc term of court.
MRS. GAGE ON STAND
She Defends Herself Auiilnst Charge "f
Insanity.
Washington. April 12.?Mrs. Mary K.
Gsgo. formerly an assistant superin?
tendent of schools in Minneapolis, de?
fended herself 10-day in the District
Court against Charges of Insanity made
In connection with alleged threats
against Charles .1. Boll, a local hank?
er, who. she claimed, thwarted the
=oi ial aspirations of herself and
daughter.
Increase Caused by
Wave of Economy
Washington. April 12.?The Sen
ate <o-dny pnssed the army ap?
propriation bill cnrryliiK ;::>,-,,;; [ i.7 [ o
or S7,."i:i7.-I.">:i moire than ? when It
passed the House, nnd SU',7VC.!i-',
more Hutu lust )t?r'? bill. Senator
Warren said the Increase had been
mode accessary by the economy
nave which swept over Congress
lam jenr and caused unwarranted
rrdiK I Inn 1.
In discussion of Ihr bill there
was n return to tlic I Uni te provi?
sion reiliicliiK the cnvnlry from Itf
lecn regiments to (m, HeelnrlnK
Hint vtns went-ml legislation, .Sena?
tor Lodge said It had been Inserted
by the House under n thront Hint,
the entire hill .should frill unless
Hie provision should he necepted.
??<? took the poMltlon that absolute
failure would he prefcrnhle to sub?
mission to coercion.
Famous Nurse's Career Closed
MISS Of .An A BAIiTOX.
ENGINEERS VOTE
FOR GREAT STRIKE
Sentiment of Employes on Fifty
Railroads Is Over?
whelming.
UP TO EMPLOYERS NOW
Negotiations Will Continue, and
There fs Mope of Avert?
ing Walkout.
New York; Apr!] 12.?Dy a majority
of more til an 23.0U0 out of 25,000 votes
vast, locomotive engineers on fifty rail?
roads east of Chicago and north of
the Norfolk and Western havo au?
thorized their officers to call a strike
should further negotiations with the
railroads for Increased pay fail. Tho
count of the voto was completed at
noon to-day and tho result made
known Immediately by Warren S. Stone,
grand chief of tho Brotherhood of Lo?
comotive Engineers, to J. C. Stuart,
chairman of the General Managers' As?
sociation of the railroads.
The general managers have called
a meeting to he held here April 15
to consider the result of tho vote. The
engineers' officers havo notified Mr.
Stuart that they would remain here
for "a reasonable time" to await a
countorpropoBltlon of the railroads.
The original demands of the QDglneers
for increases In pay aggregating 1.",
per cent, recently were rejected by
the railroads.
Aaka I'oiintcr-PropoMuln.
Mr. Stono announced that 93.1 per
u< nt. of the engineers had voted to
authorize the calling of a strike. In
his letter to Mr. Stuart. .Mr. Stone nsk:i
if the railroads havo any counter
proposition to make; and notifies him
that if no counter-proposition Is re?
ceived a strike of the engineers on
each of the fifty roads is subject to
call at any time.
In addition to the 25,00a meinbern of
tho brotherhood. Stone said approxi?
mately 15.""0 members of tho Brother?
hood of Locomotive Firemen and I'n
glneincn had also voted on the propo?
sition. Their vote, he said, also was
overwhelmingly in favor of authoriz?
ing a strike, should further negotia?
tions with the railroads fall.
I'p In the Ilallrnnds.
This vote. Mr. Stono said, was not
considered |n reaching the percentage
of 03.1 obtained in the engineers' vote.
The votes, he added, were counted sep?
arately.
Mr. Stone said ho did not wish to
comment upon tho result. "It speaks
for Itself." he said. "The next move
Is up to the railroads."
"If the railroads do not make a
counter-proposition will you call h
strike?" he was asked.
"That is not a fair question at this
time." he replied. "I cannot answer It
now."
As soon as the result was reached
Mr. Stone wrote a letter to Mr. Stuart,
dispatching It lo him by special mes?
senger. Whilo no formal vote was
taken on the matter, tho engineers
probably will remain here until April
If, awaiting further word from the
railroads.
JEWS" MISREPRESENTED
False Xnllnns Drawn by Vnnflrvtlle
Singe Condemned.
Baltimore, April 12.?Important mat?
ters of the Jewish faith are to he
discussed at. the Central Conference,
of American Rabbis, which began a
five dnya' session here this evening.
About seventy-five rabbis of (ho re?
formed branch of the Hebrew faith
are in attendance. Among tho topics
announced for discussion during the
convention are: "The Interests of
American .lews In the. Jtldlasm of Dis?
tant Lands," by Babbl O. Denseh. of
Cincinnati. "Civil and Religious Mar?
riage Laws." by Rabbi J. I.. Levy, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., and a paper on "Jew?
ish Views of Marriage and 1 livorce."
Rev. William Frlendmnn, D. D., of
Denver, will present a report con?
demning the alleged misrepresentation
of .lews Iji modern vaudeville and
other stage productions, and the false
notions given children by the study
of Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice"
? n the schools. 'Immigration prohlems
nlso will be discussed. The Central
! Conference of Rabbis has for a long
time deplored the congestion of 'mnil
gratils in large cities. ni\d has work?
ed steadily for the, scattorlni{ of the
Immigrants over tho country, par?
ticularly in the rural districts. To?
night's meeting was entirely religious,
as also will he that of to-morrow, the.
business meetings not beginning Until
Sunday.
Mississippi River T o r rc n t
Smashes Two More
Levees.
VAST COUNTRY INUNDATED
Several Towns and Scores of
Villages Will Be Swept
by Flood
OreenvlUe, Miss., April 12.?Taking'
the. heaviest toll of Its rampage, the
Mississippi River flood smashed two
levees to-day at Panther Forest, Ark.,
and near Roosevelt, I.a., and to-night
is engulfing tho rich, alluvial plains of
several counties and parishes In South-'
cm Arkansas and Northern I>oulslana.
Before the watsrs of the two crevasses
Join and find an outlet through tribu?
tary rivers and hayous, 300 or more
square miles of rich farming land will'
bo flooded, several prosperous towns
and scores of villages will be swamped,
and the ranks of those driven from
thilr homes by the flood increased by
probably 10,000.
Arkansas City and LBke Village Ark.,
and Lake Providence and Tallulah. La.,
are the most populous centres to which
tho overflow will spread. Delhi, on tho
edge of Rlchland Parish, may also be
inundated.
Panther Fonst. in Chlcot county.
Ark., was tho first loveo to go. The
second break occurred near Koosovelt,
La., the town In Fast Carroll Parish
named In honor of tho former President
when hi hunted in tho;>e .swamps sev?
eral years ago. From tho Panther
Forest break water will pour over tho
greater part of Chlcot county and that
part eif Desna not already Intlti-1
dated from the Modo.-. Circle crcvaiSu
of a. Wiek ago, and through Kaal Car?
roll Parish. La., until It meets the wa?
ter coming up from tho Roosevelt
breach and spreads to Bartholomew
Bayou, Just Insldo West Carroll parish.
In both Instances, waves driven by a
high wind, w'hilo tho levc?s were being
soaked by a torrential rain, nrc held dt-1
rectly responsible for tho crevasse.
Besides the two breaks in ti:o main
levee, the Arkansas River embankment1
near Red Fork, Chlcot county, gave
way early this morning, and at Davis
Island, just north of Vlcksburg, on tho
Louisiana side, tho embankment was
rut, with the consent o? tho landhold?
ers. I
Should there bo loss of life, it Is
bollivcd the number will be smnil. The
volume of water going through these
gaps will. It Is believed, relieve tho
situation In the south. , l'
Situation Critical,
Memphis, Tenn., April 12.---Wire i
communication with Luxora nnd Os
ceola. Ark., Interrupted since this
morning, was temporarily restored
early to-night, and, while tho levees
holding hack tho Mississippi River
flood at thes? points are still stand?
ing, tho situation was described as
critical to an extreme. I^t.tor In the
night effort to communieato with
either point was without result. Flood?
lighting material and Implements are
badly needed, ami an appeal was made
to-day to Prcsldont Taft, asking that
the local United Htates engineer's of?
fice bo directod to hurry engineers and
burlap to the scone. A steamer with
men and bags ban started fur t.uxora.
The adjacent oountry's population has
been ready for flight for days. A pre?
arranged signal will warn them to
lice. No loss of Ufa Is feared In the
event of n, break.
In tho nbaonca of Into news from
Marked Tree, an' Inland town inun?
dated when tho Golden Lake levee
broke, persons acquainted In that sec
lion express tho belief that there l as
been no loss of life.
Work of caring for refugees at va?
rious points is moving rapidly undar
United Htates army officers' supervis?
ion. Depots for this section are main?
tained at Memphis, Hickman, Ky.. Lit?
tle Rook and Helena, Ark.
Substations are movable and boats
continually ply tho river bringing suf?
ferers or taking supplies.
'AdGEL OF MERCY'
TAKEN BY DEATH
Clara Barton, Friend of
Humanity, Is
No More.
WHERE SUFFERING
WAS, SHE WAS ALSO
Known Throughout the World
as a Nurse, She Was Founder
of American Red Cross So?
ciety, in Which She Was
Interested to the
Last.
Warhlngton. April 13.?Miss Clara,
Barton, founder of tho American Kcl
Cross Soclaty, died at hor home, in Glciv
Echo, Md., at !' o'clock this morning.
The cause of her death was chronic
pneumonia, with which she was strick?
en a year ago. Her nephew. Steplicii
Barton; of Bostons-was with her when
she died.
Miss Barton had been confined to her.
home. Red Cross, at. Glen Echo, since
last (all, when she returned from a
visit to Now England. It was though?
her trip wan beneficial, hut soon after-,
ward she was taken scvenly 111.
She celebrated her ninety-first birth?
day anniversary December "5, when sho
received many messages cf congratu?
lation from all parts of tho world.
The body will be taken to Oxford,
?Mass., the old home of the family, for
burial.
Clara Barton was known tho world
over as an "angel Of mercy," tho friend
of Btricken humanity, one of the found?
ers of tho American Branch ot tho Red.
Cross Society, tho heroine of peace and.
humanity on many holds of battle, dun
Ing pestilence, and storm, when Hrc3
devastated aind earthquakes over
w1ielm;d. nnd when the gaunt enemy,
hunger, gnawed at tho vitals of suf?
fering thousands. Her loss will b?
felt throughout the length and breadth,
of tile world, but her splendid example*
of self-sacrifice and devotion to lui-.
mantty in Its hour of n;ed will ]l\o>
and be fruitful In nearly every country
of the globe where her ministration*
have taken her at one time or another.
Her splendid service had Hcen com?
mended by a President of the United
States, by the citizens of a stricken
town and by tho Legislature of one of
the States. She had been decorated
with high honors In many foreign
lnngs, and the world at largo will al?
ways remember her as ono who lived
to serve her fellow-man.
Born in Oxford, Mali., In 1821."
Clara Barton was born in Oxford,
Mass., In 1S21, and was tho daughter
' of Captain Stephen and Sally Stono
Barton, hor father having served In
the Revolutionary War under General
Anthony Wayne. STfB received a care?
ful education, and when quite a young
girl, founded a seminary for girls at
Kllzabeth, N. .T. Later she becamo a
clork In the patent ofllce. In this city,
being tho llrst woman to hold a reg?
ular clerical position In n government
department. At tho outbreak of tho
rebellon sho gave hor time and ener?
gies to caring for tho sick and wound-*
ed, and led In organizing' the sanitary
commission. Sho served in the Army
of the Potomac, was present at thn
V.attlos of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull
Run. Chantllly, Antlotam and Froder
lcksburg, tho siege of Charleston and
the storming of Fort Wagner, the bat-?
ties of Spotyslvnnla and the Wlldor-i
ncss and In front of Petersburg during:
Butler's campaign.
She aided tho Andcrsonvtlle prison-*
ers upon their release, and after tho
war ended organized nt Washington]
tho Bureau or Records of Missing Sol-<
dlers. and traced out tho fato of 30.-*
000 men. In 1ST,; sho visited Europa
for the benefit of her health, and was
at Geneva when the Franco-Prussiaii
War opened. She joinoxl at onco in tha
work of the Red Cross Society, founded
in 1861; helped lo organize the Ger?
man hospital service, and nursed thn
sick and wounded at Strasburg and
Motz.
Conducted Itrllrt nt Paris.
When Strasburg capitulated and)'
lo.ono people wcro rendered homeless1
and starving, she provided materials)
for 30,000 garments to be made by
women, who, but for that work,
would have been without food. En?
tering Paris on foot, during tho days
Of the Commune, sho distributed food
and clothing to the needy. Once,
when the mob was clamoring for
food and had overpowered the police,
she came to tho door of her lodgings
and spoke to them. "Mon Dleu, it is
an angel!"' they said, nnd they dis?
persed quietly and In order.
Upon her return to this country, lrt
1S7.1. sho Inaugurated a movement to
obtain recognition of tho Rod Cross
Society by tho Un'ted States govern?
ment, and finally, during the admin?
istration of Prosldcnt Arthur, her
labor.* were rewarded, and she natur?
ally become pres'dent of the Ameri?
can branch of tho society when It
was founded In 1SSJ.
In the. great ftres In Michigan sh<*
superintended the work of succorlnsr
the afflicted. The telegraph tidings
of the Charleston earthquake were no
sooner received than sho was on her
way with supplies for the stricken
city. During the year 1SS3 sho wael
nt the head of tho Woman's Reform?
atory Prison at Sherborn. Mass., nnd
,x woman relates that while ono day
passing with her through tho wards
a g'rl convict gazed fixedly but froia
her cot at Mies Barton. "What Is
It?" sho a*kod. "Nothing," was tho
response; "I hoard you coming and
Just wanted to look at you." Sho had.
chnrgo of the disbursement of vast
sums of money nnd : other aid to>
tho sufferers in tho floods on the*
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers . I?
[lS8t. and at Johnstown. Pa.. In 1SS9.
1 In 1SS3 tho Sennto Committee, on
Foreign Relations requested hor to
prepare a history of tho Red Crontf
Association, which has since, beert
published by tho government.' Sh?
devoted her Income for many years \t
furthering the alms of the society.
Wan Pence Delegate.
Miss Barton was delegate to ihc In?
tornatl >nal IVace Convention at.Gonevaj
rn 1SSI. and was special commission^
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